Safety window-seat.



, W. A. MOORE.

SAFETY WINDOW SEAT. APPLICATION man JUNE 26, 1917.

3 2M336. P atented NOV.20,191?.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1917 Application filed June 26, 1917. Serial No.177,052.

skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to window seats, chairs, or supports deslg'nedfor use by w1ndow cleaners, and the object thereof is to provide animproved device of this class which may be connected with a window frameand on which a window cleaner may sit or stand in the operation ofcleaning a window; and with this and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of thebottom part of a window frame, showing my improved Window seat orsupport, also in section;

Fig. 2 a plan view of the construction and attachment as shown in Fig.1;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the seat or support detached; and,

Fig. 4 a section on the line l4 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a oneside portion of a window frame and at 02 the bottom or bottom sill ofsaid frame, said bottom or bottom sill being provided with the usualprojecting ledge a In the practice of my invention, I provide a windowseat or support I) which, in the construction shown, is made of sheetmetal bent at four different points 6 b 7)" and b to form a box-shapedseat or base portion 6 and a back portion 6 said back portion beingdouble or composed of two parts riveted together as shown at 6 Acrossthe top of the back portion 79 and preferably at the back thereof isriveted, or otherwise secured, a cross bar 0 having projecting endportions 0 with which are loosely connected supplemental supports d,preferably of flexible material, and these supplemental supports'areprovided at their freeends with hooks (Z I-bolts or similar devices (Zsecured to, or in the sides a ofthe window frame.

I also provide rods '6 which are passed through the bottom box-shapedportion b of the seat or support and are provided at their outer endswith heads 6 and at their inner ends with nuts 6 and secured to thebottom or sill of the window frame transversely thereof and outside ofthe spaces a and a in which the sashes are mounted are plates 7 havingvertical ears f.

In mounting the window seat or support in connection with the Window orWindow frame, the bottom or box-shaped portion 6 of the seat or supportis placed on the ledge a of the window sill and said bottom or boX-shaped portion abuts against a raised shoulder of the window sill at thebottom of the window as shown in Fig. l, and the rods e are passedthrough the ears f after which the nuts 6 are-applied and said rodstogether with the supplemental supports all securely hold the seat orsupport in connection with the window frame and a window cleaner may sitor stand on the seat or support with absolute security in the operationof cleaning the window or window sashes.

In the accompanying drawing, the lower sash g is shown but the uppersash is not shown, and it will be understood that the sashes may beraised and lowered in the usual manner.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window seat or support composed of a single sheet of metal bent toform a horizontal box-shaped bottom portion and an upright back portion.

2. A window seat or support composed of a single sheet of metal bent toform a horizontal box-shaped bottom portion and an upright back portioncomposed of separate parts riveted together.

8. A window seat or support composed of sheet metal bent to form abox-shaped portion and an upright back portion, the boxshaped portionbeing provided with rods which pass inwardly therethrough and the innerends of which are provided with means for detachably securing said rodsto the bottom of the window frame and the top of the back portion beingprovided with supplemental supports adapted to be detacha'dapted toengage ably connected With the sides of the Window frame.

4. A Window seat or support composed of a single sheet of metal bent toform a bottom box-shaped portion and an upright back portion, a crossbar secured to the top of the back portion and the ends of which extendbeyond the sides of the back portion and are provided With apertures,rods passed inwardly through the bottom portion and detachably connectedWith the bottom of the Window frame and flexible supporting de- Copiesof this patent may be obtained for five vices detachably connected Withthe apertures in the ends of said cross bar and With the sides of theWindow frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 23rd day of June1917.

WILLIAM A. MOORE.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, N. E. THOMPSON.

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